Goodness! It’s Thursday, January 30, 2025!
What does that mean in the grand scheme of things? It’s only a name we have given this particular day, to differentiate it from any other day in history. Today is not August 15, 1947, nor is it April 17, 1522, but significant things did happen on those days, too. I couldn’t tell you what those significant things are, but to the people who were wrapped up in those happenings, it was important.
That’s how I know lives will be affected today, because as we pass from here to there, lives change every day. Perhaps it’s your turn or my turn — perhaps my writing this passage, or your reading it, will be the catalyst for a slight change in perspective that will lead to a breakthrough. Maybe it will be that intentional, or maybe not intentional at all, but this very day lives will change all over the world.
Couples will conceive babies, babies will be born, loved ones will die, marriages will begin and end, jobs will start, folks will retire — so many ways that January 30, 2025, will be remembered for better or for worse.
Here in the hour before sunrise, the day seems to throb with potential. What will this day bring — something new or same old same old? Nothing special or something unforgettable? As much as you can, try to make it memorable, knowing on the other hand that in a world of billions, it’s just as likely that someone else will push this day over into history — personal history or world history.
Just remember to live it like it’s once in a lifetime, because we assigned it the name of Thursday, January 30, 2025, because this day is now and will never come again.
